The Planet of Naissance, where, before The Great Flame and The Deep Cold, the Vertige once lived.

This story started with the picture below. I have been fooling around with Photoshop for years now I had decided I wanted to make a planet. That got me to thinking what I would call this planet. And why did it look so dead. And who once lived there. The following story is taken from a history book found on the planet Melmac...

"Far from you, there is the galaxy Oubliés where the planet Naissance floats, though it is now just called Douleurs. Though this planet has long since been cold and silent, it once was bright and full of life. Home to a wonderful and excellent people that called themselves the Vertige. For thousands of years they lived peacefully on their planet and in harmony with their neighboring intersolar planetary brothers of the Sœurs Cinq. But in the year 2189 GCT (galactic common time), the ruthless and hardhearted peoples of Rastochka attacked. While the Vertige had preserved their planet and tended it well, the Rastochka took what they wanted and gave no thought for the future. The First Intersolar War lasted only 6 months and was fought mostly in the outer realms between solar systems. The Second and Third Intersolar wars grew more wide spread and lasted 6 and 3 respectively. The first planetary battles were fought during the Third war wherein the Rastochka sought complete control of Naissance but ultimately with the help of mercenaries from Leerlauf, they were driven back home to Pochva. Leerlauf, Tochi, and Tiroddigonedd, being smaller and much more peaceful planets, kept mostly out of the battles except for the last half of the Third war; they felt that planetary battles violated the Sisters Contract and feared that Rastochka would soon turn their sights on them if Nassiance fell. Heavy sanctions and governmental oversight of Pochva followed the end of the Third War. This however only came as an embarrassment to the Rastochka and enraged them. The Plan was soon devised by the inhabitants of Pochva and they no longer sought ownership and domineerance of Naissance; they wanted blood and annihilation. For the next 15 years scientists were stolen from all over the galaxy and forced to devise the ultimate weapon. Not one that would attack the planet itself but the very source of its energy and life; its star...

In the year 3065 they attacked and the Fourth Interstellar War began and ended with only 9 months in between. The Rastochkans hit Naissance hard and fast and deployed several StarCrunchers® on the planet of Naissance.

Once they were deployed Naissance and the Vertige didn't stand a chance; their planet would soon be enveloped and burnt to a crisp as their sun was forced to go supernova on them. All hopes for fighting off Pochva were gone and an immediate evacuation of Naissance began.

Hundreds of exodus ships tried to launch but tragically few survived the copious amounts of radiation put off from the supernova. With Pochva possessing such a weapon, Leerlauf, Tochi, and Tiroddigonedd were too afraid to take these refugees in and the few that remained from the race of the Vertige were forced to wandering the galaxy in search of a new home, stuffed into three exodus ships, The Espérer, The Souvenir, and The Revanche.

After 22 years stuck, wandering, in space, the Vertige finally found a new home. With a bit of luck, a dash of perseverance, and lot of headstrongness they stumbled across an uninhabited planet which they named Calebila.

Calebila, vast in resource and beautiful in its extent, will be the home of the Vertige for thousand of years to come. And perhaps the Rastochkans should have something to fear..."